All the above, and I vaguely remember "White Rocket" and "Red Rocket"!
Cheap wines from the 70's/80's
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I remember Red Rocket 21. It was 21% alcohol. It was only around for about a year before they took it off the market. I haven't been able to find any trace of it on the internet. I was trying to find a picture of an online, with no success.
Mr. Dude 44
Wild Irish Rose, Boones Strawberry Hill, and Brass Monkey 
not sure if this was classified as wine but sold in the same aisle.
not sure if this was classified as wine but sold in the same aisle.
Boones Strawberry Hill for sure. What about Bartles and Jaymes wine coolers? Not for me, but my girlfriends loved them.
I remember not remembering some Gallo Port once. Never touched that stuff again.
Not wine but there was Hopin' Gator--"Tropical flavored malt liquor." It made for interesting times.
Not wine but there was Hopin' Gator--"Tropical flavored malt liquor." It made for interesting times.
This website hasn’t been updated in over 20 years but the descriptions of the “wines” are absolutely hilarious!
Here ya go boys, Jerry Jeff Walker's "Sangria"
Friends come for Saturday night
Man it's nice to make up some sangria wine
It's organic and it comes from the vine
Oh, and it's legal and it gets you so high
And I love that sangria wine
When I'm drinkin' with old friends of mine
Yeah I love that sangria wine
When I'm drinkin' with old friends of mine
Whoa oh oh, woah oh oh, I love sangria wine
Whoa oh oh, woah oh oh, I love sangria wine
Start with some apples and wine
Blend in some brandy and some sugar's fine
Yeah old friends always roll up on time
That's why you add sparkling Burgundy wine
Yeah I love that sangria wine
When I'm drinkin' with old friends of mine
Yeah I love that sangria wine
When I'm drinkin' with old friends of mine
Whoa oh oh, woah oh oh, I love sangria wine
Whoa oh oh, woah oh oh, I love sangria wine
In Austin on a Saturday night
Ever clear is dumped into the wine sometimes
Then you add nachos and tacos, burritos you know
Here is how it usually goes, it goes
Whoa oh oh, woah oh oh, I love sangria wine
Whoa oh oh, woah oh oh, I love sangria wine
All that's left to do is drink the wine
Just lay back and watch the time go by
Old friends tell the truth when mixed with the wine
That's why I blend in all the lemons and limes
Yeah I love that sangria wine
When I'm drinkin' with old friends of mine
Yeah I love that sangria wine
When I'm drinkin' with old friends of mine
Whoa oh oh, woah oh oh, I love sangria wine
Whoa oh oh, woah oh oh, I love sangria wine
You're welcome!
Friends come for Saturday night
Man it's nice to make up some sangria wine
It's organic and it comes from the vine
Oh, and it's legal and it gets you so high
And I love that sangria wine
When I'm drinkin' with old friends of mine
Yeah I love that sangria wine
When I'm drinkin' with old friends of mine
Whoa oh oh, woah oh oh, I love sangria wine
Whoa oh oh, woah oh oh, I love sangria wine
Start with some apples and wine
Blend in some brandy and some sugar's fine
Yeah old friends always roll up on time
That's why you add sparkling Burgundy wine
Yeah I love that sangria wine
When I'm drinkin' with old friends of mine
Yeah I love that sangria wine
When I'm drinkin' with old friends of mine
Whoa oh oh, woah oh oh, I love sangria wine
Whoa oh oh, woah oh oh, I love sangria wine
In Austin on a Saturday night
Ever clear is dumped into the wine sometimes
Then you add nachos and tacos, burritos you know
Here is how it usually goes, it goes
Whoa oh oh, woah oh oh, I love sangria wine
Whoa oh oh, woah oh oh, I love sangria wine
All that's left to do is drink the wine
Just lay back and watch the time go by
Old friends tell the truth when mixed with the wine
That's why I blend in all the lemons and limes
Yeah I love that sangria wine
When I'm drinkin' with old friends of mine
Yeah I love that sangria wine
When I'm drinkin' with old friends of mine
Whoa oh oh, woah oh oh, I love sangria wine
Whoa oh oh, woah oh oh, I love sangria wine
You're welcome!
Great song!
Buckfast was and still is a staple for many here in Scotland. Also a staple for match going football(soccer) fans.
Who can forget...
garyg
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Lonz' Winery's "Sailor's Choice Red" was maybe $2 a bottle back in the day ..
One step up from the Gallo, Almaden had better jugs.
Yep, a night at the drive in movies consisted of a bottle of TJ Swan Easy Nights for the girls and a six pack of cheap beer for the guys.
Even extremely good wine was affordable then. A bottle of Parducci Zin was $1.69. Louis Martini 1966 Cab was $2.48. Even the super high end bottles like Heitz or Ridge were in the $5.00 to $10.00 range. Heck, in the mid 1970s I snagged three bottles of 1966 Krug Champagne for the price of Domaine Chandon today!
I'm way too young for any of this, but have researched this and have heard stories from my parents. We had Blue Nun and Mateus here too. Despite the image of Australia being a beer drinking nation, we have been making wine for a long time, and are primarily wine drinker now. One of the earliest where fortified wines such as ports and sherries, and they have had a bit of a reputation for being a cheap way to get alcohol, and they still are.
The '60s saw force carbonated wines such as Barossa Pearl and flavoured Pineapple Pearl (which the now esteemed winemaker Wolf Blass had a hand in creating in his younger years), a way of making cheaper wine more palatable. This still exists as Passion Pop and Crackling Peach, sometimes they sell it with extra long straws to drink straight out of the bottle, classy.
Also Blackberry Nip, among other flavoured fortified wines, probably the closest to American "Bum Wines".
Australia is also the originator of cask/bagged wine (aka goon), although these aren't exclusively cheap wines.
Worth noting, the alcohol tax system taxes wine less than other alcohol, so beer is usually more expensive than wines, flipping the whole "champagne taste on a beer budget" saying on it's head.
For more reading, there's some good articles here, here, here and here
The '60s saw force carbonated wines such as Barossa Pearl and flavoured Pineapple Pearl (which the now esteemed winemaker Wolf Blass had a hand in creating in his younger years), a way of making cheaper wine more palatable. This still exists as Passion Pop and Crackling Peach, sometimes they sell it with extra long straws to drink straight out of the bottle, classy.
Also Blackberry Nip, among other flavoured fortified wines, probably the closest to American "Bum Wines".
Australia is also the originator of cask/bagged wine (aka goon), although these aren't exclusively cheap wines.
Worth noting, the alcohol tax system taxes wine less than other alcohol, so beer is usually more expensive than wines, flipping the whole "champagne taste on a beer budget" saying on it's head.
For more reading, there's some good articles here, here, here and here
When you adjust for inflation, that 10 dollar bottle of wine is 58.05 in todays dollars.
Then it was still a good deal. A Heitz Martha's Vineyard or a Ridge Monte Bello will top $100. The Louis Martini is in the over $40 range. A vintage Krug tops $300.
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